ROBIN MAXWELL grew up in New Jersey, graduated from Tufts University School of Occupational Therapy, and practiced in that field for several years before moving to Hollywood to become a parrot tamer, casting director, and screenwriter. Working for the major studios and networks, she wrote comedy, drama, and even feature animation for Disney. Maxwell is the author of several historical novels featuring powerful women, including the award-winning Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, now in its 22nd printing, and Signora Da Vinci. Her books have been published in England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Indonesia, Hungary, Portugal, Czech Republic, the Ukraine, Japan and all the Spanish-speaking countries in the world. Maxwell lives in the high desert of California with her husband, yogi Max Thomas. Vist her Online at robinmaxwell.com.

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In Maxwell’s first novel, The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn (1997), Queen Elizabeth discovered her beheaded mother’s diary with its injunction, “Never relinquish control to any man.” The Virgin Queen did not take this advice entirely to heart, according to this sequel tailor-made for moviegoers now...